Shi women pounding manioc, Makelele village, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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Local Numbers: J 3 SHI 3.6.1 EE 67
General: Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note: 2; Frame value is 8.; Slide No. J 3 SHI 3.6.1 EE 67

Photographer: Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Photographer: Elisofon, Eliot

Place: Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic: Children; Domestic scenes; Women; Households; Baskets

Photographer: Elisofon, Eliot

Culture: Shi (African people)

See more items in: Eliot Elisofon Field collection; Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Makelele Village, Congo (Democratic Republic)

Extent: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date: 1967

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier: EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 8193

Type: Archival materials; Slides (photographs); Color slides

Collection Citation: Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Collection Rights: Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form: Color slides

Scope and Contents: The photograph depicts two women pounding manioc into flour. During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited the Moreau tea plantation in Makelele village. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from early December 1966 to early February 1967.